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1941–42 Fort Wayne Pistons season | The 1941 -- 42 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons season was the first season of the franchise in the National Basketball League . |
1984 Talladega 500 | The 1984 Talladega 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event held at Talladega Superspeedway on July 29 , 1984 . Although the race was plagued with the uncomfortably hot summer temperatures typically found in the Southern United States during late July , there were no thunderstorms sighted near the race track . It was the 19th of 30 races for the 1984 Winston Cup Grand National season and was telecast live flag to flag on the CBS television network . Cale Yarborough , the winner of that season 's Daytona 500 , Winston 500 earlier that season at Talladega , and Van Scoy Diamond 500 at Pocono , won the pole at a speed of 202.474 mph . Bill Elliott timed second . |
122nd | 122nd may refer to : 122nd ( Muskoka ) Battalion , CEF , a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War 122nd Delaware General Assembly , a meeting of the Delaware Senate and the Delaware House of Representatives 122nd Fighter Squadron , an active unit of the Louisiana Air National Guard which flies the F-15A Eagle 122nd meridian east , a line of longitude 122 ° east of Greenwich 122nd meridian west , a line of longitude 122 ° west of Greenwich 122nd Ohio Infantry , an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War 122nd Rajputana Infantry , an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army 122nd Regiment of Foot ( 1762 ) , an infantry regiment of the British Army , formed in 1762 and disbanded in 1764 122nd Regiment of Foot ( 1794 ) , an infantry regiment of the British Army , formed in 1794 and disbanded in 1796 122nd Street ( Manhattan ) , a cross street in the New York City borough of Manhattan running thirteen blocks from east to west East 122nd Avenue , a MAX light rail station in Portland , Oregon Ohio 122nd General Assembly , the legislative body of the state of Ohio in 1997 and 1998 Polish 122nd Fighter Escadrille one of the fighter units of the Polish Army in 1939 |
1707 in India | Events in the year 1707 in India . |
1968 in Afghanistan | __ NOTOC __ See also : 1967 in Afghanistan and 1969 in Afghanistan . In domestic affairs the year is marked by a thorough overhaul of the judicial system by the new Supreme Court ; this involves reorganizing the powers and functions of the lower courts in line with the requirements of the constitution . In economic affairs the policies laid down in 1967 for encouraging investors in the private sector by substantial inducements - tax holidays , free import of capital goods , and protective tariffs -- are continued . Government investment is again directed to the completion of projects begun under the second development plan and to the encouragement of heavy industry . The emphasis is again on consolidation rather than on beginning new projects , and on the gradual replacement of foreign aid by increased exploitation of national resources . |
1927 Chicago Bears season | |
1933 All-Pacific Coast football team | The 1933 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific Coast teams for the 1933 college football season . The organizations selecting teams in 1933 included the Associated Press ( AP ) , the Newspaper Enterprise Association , and the United Press ( UP ) . |
1927 Indianapolis 500 | The 15th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday , May 30 , 1927 . First-time starter George Souders wins by eight laps , the largest margin since 1913 . Souders becomes the first driver to win the full-500 mile race solo , with neither help from a relief driver , nor accompanied by a riding mechanic . |
12 Hits from Hell | 12 Hits From Hell is a cancelled studio album by the Misfits . It was recorded in 1980 but went unreleased . Caroline Records attempted to release it in 2001 , but band members Glenn Danzig and Jerry Only called off production and the album was scrapped . |
1998 Caribbean Series | The XL edition of the Caribbean Series ( Serie del Caribe ) was held from February 5 through February 10 of with the champion baseball teams of the Dominican Republic , Águilas Cibaeñas ; Mexico , Venados de Mazatlán ; Puerto Rico , Indios de Mayagüez , and Venezuela , Cardenales de Lara . The format consisted of 12 games , each team facing the other teams twice , and the games were played at Estadio Alfonso Chico Carrasquel in Puerto la Cruz , Anzoátegui , Venezuela . |
1915 California Golden Bears football team | The 1915 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California , Berkeley during the 1915 college football season . The team competed as an independent under head coach James Schaeffer and compiled a record of 8 -- 5 . This was Cal 's first season of football since 1915 and final season as an independent . |
1995–96 Croatian Ice Hockey League season | The 1995 -- 96 Croatian Ice Hockey League season was the fifth season of the Croatian Ice Hockey League , the top level of ice hockey in Croatia . Four teams participated in the league , and Zagreb have won the championship . |
(101869) 1999 MM | is an eccentric , sub-kilometer sized asteroid , classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group . It was discovered on 20 June 1999 , by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search ( LONEOS ) at its U.S. Anderson Mesa Station in Flagstaff , Arizona . The first observation was made by Catalina Sky Survey just 8 days before its official discovery . |
(I've Just Begun) Having My Fun | '' ( I 've Just Begun ) Having My Fun '' is a song by American recording artist Britney Spears , taken from her first greatest hits album Greatest Hits : My Prerogative ( 2004 ) . The song was produced by Bloodshy & Avant and originally recorded for In the Zone . It was released as a digital download on August 17 , 2004 , prior to the album 's release . The track has drawn comparisons to No Doubt 's single `` Hella Good '' as well as 1970s American funk bands . Lyrically , the songs refers to having a good time at a party . '' ( I 've Just Begun ) Having My Fun '' received mixed reviews from critics , some naming it one of the best songs in the compilation , while others dismissed its lyrical content . The song was featured on the soundtrack of the 2011 film Bridesmaids . |
1963 in British television | This is a list of British television related events from 1963 . |
1968 Tour of Flanders | The 52nd Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Saturday , 30 March 1968 . The race was won by Belgian sprinter Walter Godefroot ahead of Guido Reybrouck , who was being led out by Eddy Merckx . After the race , Reybrouck tested positive for doping and Rudi Altig was promoted to second place . 82 of 175 riders finished . |
1958 English cricket season | The 1958 English cricket season saw Surrey captain Peter May top the batting averages for the third time and his team win the County Championship for a record seventh successive title . New Zealand toured England to compete in a test series which England won 4-0 . |
1999 California 500 | The 1999 California 500 Presented by NAPA was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on May 2 , 1999 at California Speedway in Fontana , California . Contested at 250 laps on the 2 mile ( 3.23 km ) speedway , it was the 10th race of the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season . Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race . |
100 mm anti-tank gun M1977 | The A407 100mm anti-tank gun M1977 is a Romanian rifled 100-mm anti-tank gun which serves as the main towed anti-tank gun of the Romanian Land Forces from 1975 until present . Versions of the M1977 gun were installed on main battle tanks ( TR-77 and TR-85 ) and ship turrets . |
1993 ATP Tour | The IBM Association of Tennis Professionals ( ATP ) Tour is the elite tour for professional men 's tennis organized by the ATP tour . The IBM ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments ( organized by the International Tennis Federation ( ITF ) ) , the ATP Championship Series , Single Week , the ATP Championship Series , the ATP World Series , the ATP World Team Cup , the Davis Cup ( organized by the ITF ) , the ATP Tour World Championships and the Grand Slam Cup ( organized by the ITF ) . |
1615 in Sweden | Events from the year 1615 in Sweden |
1884 Washington Nationals (UA) season | The 1884 Washington Nationals finished with a 47 -- 65 record in the Union Association , finishing in seventh place . This was the only season the team existed , and indeed the only season the Union Association existed . |
1906 Oklahoma Sooners football team | The 1906 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1906 college football season . In their second year under head coach Bennie Owen , the Sooners compiled a 5 -- 2 -- 2 record , and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 124 to 36 . This was the second year that the Sooners defeated the Oklahoma A&M Aggies . |
1912 Atlantic hurricane season | The 1912 Atlantic hurricane season featured the first major hurricane -- Category 3 or higher on the modern day Saffir -- Simpson scale -- in the month of November . There were eleven tropical cyclones , seven of which became tropical storms ; four of those strengthened into hurricanes , and one reached major hurricane intensity . The season 's first cyclone developed on April 4 , while the final dissipated on November 21 . The season 's most intense and most devastating tropical cyclone was the final storm , known as the Jamaica hurricane . It produced heavy rainfall on Jamaica , leading to at least 100 fatalities and about $ 1.5 million ( 1912 USD ) in damage . The storm was also blamed for five deaths in Cuba . Other tropical cyclones that left notable impact include the fourth and sixth hurricanes . The former brought rough seas and storm surge to portions of the Gulf Coast of the United States , leaving locally severe damage , particularly in Mobile , Alabama , and Pensacola , Florida , totaling about $ 39,000 . One fatality occurred after a barge capsized . The sixth hurricane brought rough seas and heavy precipitation to northeastern Mexico and south Texas , with flooding reported inland . The storm left 15 deaths and about $ 28,000 in damage . Overall , the tropical cyclones of this season collectively caused at least 122 fatalities and just under $ 1.6 million in damage . The season 's activity was reflected with an accumulated cyclone energy ( ACE ) rating of 57 . ACE is , broadly speaking , a measure of the power of the hurricane multiplied by the length of time it existed , so storms that last a long time , as well as particularly strong hurricanes , have high ACEs . |
1961 Thomas Cup | The Thomas Cup competition is an international team tournament for supremacy in men 's badminton ( Its female counterpart is the Uber Cup ) . Beginning in 1948-1949 it was held every three years until 1982 and thereafter every two years . Nineteen teams , eighteen of them starting from four regional qualifying zones , Asia , Australasia , Europe , and Pan America , contested for the Thomas Cup during the 1960-1961 season . Zone winners then played-off in Jakarta , Indonesia for the right to face defending champion Indonesia ( exempt from all earlier ties ) , in a conclusive challenge round . For a more detailed description of the Thomas Cup format , see Wikipedia 's general article on the Thomas Cup . |
1934–35 Primera Fuerza season | Statistics of México Primera División Primera Fuerza in season 1934-35 . |
114 BC | __ NOTOC __ Year 114 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar . At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Balbus and Cato ( or , less frequently , year 640 Ab urbe condita ) . The denomination 114 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period , when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years . |
1970–71 Stoke City F.C. season | The 1970 -- 71 season was Stoke City 's 64th season in the Football League and the 40th in the First Division . Stoke had a successful season making it to the semi-final of the FA Cup for only the second time in their history . Stoke made it through seven matches before facing Arsenal , where after building a 2 -- 0 lead at Hillsborough Stoke let slip in the final few minutes and Arsenal levelled at 2 -- 2 . In the replay the `` Gunners '' won 2 -- 0 at Villa Park . In the league Stoke finished in a mid-table position of 13th with 37 points , Stoke did record a famous win over Arsenal beating the eventual league champions 5 -- 0 in September . |
1995 Calgary Stampeders season | The 1995 Calgary Stampeders '' ' finished in first place in the North Division with a 15 -- 3 record . They appeared in the 83rd Grey Cup but lost to the Baltimore Stallions . That Grey Cup game marked the only time an American-based team won the Grey Cup . |
100 Series Shinkansen | The was a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train type which operated between 1984 and 2012 on the Tokaido Shinkansen and Sanyo Shinkansen high-speed lines . They were introduced after the 200 series trains , but their numbering is such because in the days of Japanese National Railways ( JNR ) , Shinkansen types running east of Tokyo were given even numbers and those west of Tokyo odd numbers , hence they were given the next odd number in line after 0 , 100 . The last remaining examples of the type were withdrawn from service following the last runs on 16 March 2012 . |
1893 in sports | 1893 in sports describes the year 's events in world sport . |
1912 in Brazilian football | The following article presents a summary of the 1912 football ( soccer ) season in Brazil , the 11th season of competitive football in the country . |
1986 BYU Cougars football team | The 1986 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season . |
1896 in France | Events from the year 1896 in France . |
1942 Montenegro offensive | The 1942 Montenegro offensive was an Italian-led counter-insurgency operation of World War II , which targeted the Yugoslav Partisans in the Italian governorate of Montenegro and the eastern Herzegovina region of the Independent State of Croatia ( NDH ) . It was carried out from mid-May to June 1942 , with Chetnik forces taking part on the Italian side . The offensive followed the conclusion of the joint German-Italian Operation Trio in eastern Bosnia . Together these two operations comprise what was known as the Third Enemy Offensive ( Treća neprijateljska ofenziva ) in Yugoslav historiography . The offensive resulted in the expulsion of almost all Partisans from Montenegro and eastern Herzegovina . |
1964–65 Brentford F.C. season | During the 1964 -- 65 English football season , Brentford competed in the Football League Third Division . Despite topping the table between September and October 1964 , the worst away record in the division and a change of managers in January 1965 derailed the club 's promotion charge . |
1903–04 Football League | The 1903 -- 1904 season was the 16th season of The Football League . |
1917 California Golden Bears football team | The 1917 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California , Berkeley in the Pacific Coast Conference ( PCC ) during the 1917 college football season . In their second year under head coach Andy Smith , the team compiled a 5 -- 5 -- 1 record ( 2 -- 1 against PCC opponents ) , finished in second place in the PCC , and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 149 to 104 . |
1969 Illinois Fighting Illini football team | The 1969 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season . In their third year under head coach Jim Valek , the Illini compiled a 0 -- 10 record and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference . The team 's offensive leaders were quarterback Steve Livas with 705 passing yards , running back Dave Jackson with 465 rushing yards , and wide receiver Doug Dieken with 486 receiving yards . Dieken was selected as the team 's most valuable player . Guard Doug Redmann was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association as a second-team player on the 1969 College Football All-America Team . |
146th Ohio Infantry | The 146th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 146th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . |
1971–72 Blackpool F.C. season | The 1971 -- 72 season was Blackpool F.C. 's 64th season ( 61st consecutive ) in the Football League . They competed in the 22-team Division Two , then the second tier of English football , finishing sixth . Blackpool 's defence of the Anglo-Italian Cup ended in the final against A.S. Roma at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome . The home side won 3 -- 1 . Mickey Burns was the club 's top scorer for the second consecutive season , with twenty goals ( seventeen in the league and three in the League Cup ) . |
1983 Australian Open | The 1983 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia . It was the 72nd edition of the Australian Open and was held from 29 November through 11 December 1983 . |
1934–35 Magyar Kupa | The 1934 -- 35 Magyar Kupa ( English : Hungarian Cup ) was the 17th season of Hungary 's annual knock-out cup football competition . |
1765 in Russia | Events from the year 1765 in Russia |
1965 Oregon Webfoots football team | The 1965 Oregon Webfoots football team represented University of Oregon in the 1965 college football season as a member of the Athletic Association of Western Universities ( AAWU ) . The Webfoots were led by head coach Len Casanova in his fifteenth season and finished with a record of four wins , five losses and one tie ( 4 -- 5 -- 1 overall , 0 -- 5 in the SWC ) . |
1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash | The Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash happened on 18 September 1961 . Dag Hammarskjöld , the second Secretary-General of the United Nations and 15 others died . Hammarskjöld 's death occurred in Northern Rhodesia while en route to cease-fire negotiations . |
1987 British Speedway Championship | The 1987 British Speedway Championship was the 1987 edition of the British Speedway Championship . The Final took place on 31 May at Brandon in Coventry , England . The Championship was won by Kelvin Tatum , with 1986 champion Neil Evitts in second place and Simon Wigg in third . |
1952 in the Soviet Union | The following lists events that happened during 1952 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics . |
1908 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | The 1908 College Basketball All-American team , as chosen by the Helms Foundation . The player highlighted by gold indicates that he was chosen as the Helms Foundation Player of the Year . |
1703 in Denmark | Events from the year 1703 in Denmark . |
1981 Texas Rangers season | The Texas Rangers 1981 season involved the Rangers finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 57 wins and 48 losses . The season was suspended for 50 days due to the infamous 1981 players strike and the league chose as its playoff teams , the division winners from the first and second halves of the season , respectively . |
(418993) 2009 MS9 | , provisionally known as , is a centaur roughly 30 -- 60 km in diameter . It has a highly inclined orbit and a barycentric semi-major axis ( average distance from the Sun ) of ~ 353 AU . has a well determined orbit and has been assigned a minor planet number . Objects such may be the origin of Halley-type comets . It came to perihelion in February 2013 at a distance of 11 AU from the Sun ( outside the orbit of Saturn ) . , it is 12 AU from the Sun . It will not be 50 AU from the Sun until 2047 . After leaving the planetary region of the Solar System , will have a barycentric aphelion of 696 AU with an orbital period of 6640 years . In a 10 million year integration of the orbit , the nominal ( best-fit ) orbit and both 3-sigma clones remain outside 8.3 AU ( qmin ) from the Sun . |
1906 Cincinnati Reds season | The 1906 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball . The team finished sixth in the National League with a record of 64 -- 87 , 51 1/2 games behind the Chicago Cubs . |
1921 Tulane Green Wave football team | The 1921 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University during the 1921 college football season . John M. Legendre threw touchdown passes of 64 and 60 yards against Detroit . |
1956–57 Brentford F.C. season | During the 1956 -- 57 English football season , Brentford competed in the Football League Third Division South . Despite topping the table early in the season , a poor run of form dropped the club to the lower reaches of mid-table by February 1957 . A strong final two months of the season lifted the Bees to an 8th-place finish . |
1924 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team | The 1924 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team represented Michigan Agricultural College ( MAC ) in the 1924 college football season . In their second year under head coach Ralph H. Young , the Aggies compiled a 5 -- 3 record and outscored their opponents 210 to 48 . |
1956 Lady Wigram Trophy | The 1956 Lady Wigram Trophy was a motor race held at the Wigram Airfield Circuit on 21 January 1956 . It was the fifth Lady Wigram Trophy to be held and was won by Peter Whitehead in the Ferrari 500/750S . This was Whitehead 's second Lady Wigram Trophy victory in succession and was another international podium lockout with Tony Gaze once again finishing second and Leslie Marr finishing third . |
1994 Detroit Lions season | The 1994 Detroit Lions season was the 65th season in franchise history . It marked the Lions second consecutive playoff appearance . Despite the signing of Scott Mitchell from Miami in the offseason , the Lions would end up making the playoffs with Dave Krieg as the starting quarterback . For the second consecutive year , the Lions lost in the playoffs to the Green Bay Packers . |
1898 California Golden Bears football team | The 1898 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California , Berkeley during the 1898 college football season . The team competed as an independent under head coach Garrett Cochran and compiled a record of 8 -- 0 -- 2 . |
1992 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament | The 1992 CONCACAF U-16 Tournament was a North American international association football tournament , it determined the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship entrants from the CONCACAF region . The 1992 edition of the competition was held in Cuba . |
1929 All-Southwest Conference football team | The 1929 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1929 college football season . The selectors for the 1929 season included the Associated Press ( AP ) . |
0O | 0O ( zero O ) or 0-O may refer to : 0o , 0_o , and 0 . o , an emoticon that may refer to shocked , disturbed , or confused 0-O , abbreviation for 0-operand Instruction set 0o , or zero object , a mathematics term for a simultaneously Initial and terminal object 0O , also ZO , an abbreviation for zero order ; see List of zero terms Zero-order hold , model of the practical signal reconstruction done by a conventional digital-to-analog converter Zero-order reactions , a Rate equation for chemical reactions where rate is independent of reactant concentration Zero order kinetics , a Rate equation for chemical reactions where rate is independent of reactant concentration Zeroth-order approximation , or 0th order ; see Orders of approximation Zeroth-order logic , first-order logic without quantifiers 0o , a prefix used in some programming languages to denote octal ( base 8 ) integer literals |
1928 in Chile | The following lists events that happened during 1928 in Chile . |
1975 Norwegian First Division | Statistics of Norwegian First Division in season 1975 . |
140 (number) | 140 ( one hundred -LSB- and -RSB- forty ) is the natural number following 139 and preceding 141 . |
1979 Paris Open – Doubles | Bruce Manson and Andrew Pattison were the defending champions but did not compete that year . Jean-Louis Haillet and Gilles Moretton won in the final 7 -- 6 , 7 -- 6 against John Lloyd and Tony Lloyd . |
1969 National League Championship Series | The 1969 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five match-up between the East Division champion New York Mets and the West Division champion Atlanta Braves . The Mets defeated the Braves three games to none , becoming the first team ever to sweep a best-of-five postseason series in baseball . They did not sweep a playoff series again until 2006 as they swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Division Series in three games . At that time , the New York Mets became the fastest expansion team to win a National League Pennant with only seven years of existence . 28 years later in 1997 , the Florida Marlins would break that record by reaching and winning the World Series with only five years of existence . Four years after the Marlins , the Arizona Diamondbacks would break that by reaching and winning the World Series in just their fourth year . Nolan Ryan played for the Mets at the time , but he did not play until Game 3 , which was the first playoff victory of his career . The Braves finally avenged their 1969 loss 30 years later , by beating the Mets in that year 's NLCS four games to two . |
1900 Tulane Olive and Blue football team | The 1900 Tulane Olive and Blue football team represented the Tulane University during the 1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season . |
1944 Coupe de France Final | The 1944 Coupe de France Final was a football match held at Parc des Princes , Paris on May 7 , 1944 , that saw EF Nancy-Lorraine defeat EF Reims-Champagne 4 -- 0 thanks to goals by Marcel Parmeggiani , Marcel Poblomme ( 2 ) and Michel Jacques . |
1978 Lamar Cardinals football team | The 1978 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southland Conference . NCAA Division I split into Division I-A , the current Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) , and Division I-AA , the current Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) , for football in 1978 . Lamar and the Southland Conference opted to compete at the Division I-A level . The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium in Beaumont , Texas . Lamar finished the 1978 season with a 2 -- 8 -- 1 overall record and a 0 -- 5 conference record . The 1978 season marked Bob Frederick 's final season as Lamar 's head football coach . |
'Nzuddi | ` Nzuddi are traditional cookies , typical of the Italian provinces of Messina and Catania . They are spherical , slightly flattened , golden-colored cookies , made of flour , sugar , almonds , cinnamon , egg whites and ammonia . Historically , the cookies were made for the feast of Our Lady of the Letter , Saint Patron of the city of Messina , on June 3 . These cakes were originally prepared in the monastery of the Vincentian Sisters , and the name ` nzuddi derives from the abbreviation of the name `` Vincenzo '' ( Vincent ) in Sicilian language . |
125th Regiment of Foot | The 125th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army , created in 1794 and disbanded in 1796 . It was raised at Stamford under the colonelcy of Newton Treen . |
1999–2000 FA Cup | The 1999 -- 2000 FA Cup was the 119th staging of the world 's oldest cup competition , the Football Association Cup or FA Cup . Both the semi-finals and final of the competition were played at Wembley Stadium for the last time before reconstruction work began . The competition culminated with the FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Aston Villa . The game was won by a goal from Chelsea 's Roberto Di Matteo , giving them a 1-0 victory . The previous season 's winners , Manchester United , withdrew from the 1999 -- 2000 competition due to their participation in the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship in South America , to take place in early 2000 , thus becoming the first FA Cup winners not to defend their title . Despite this being at the request of the Football Association ( FA ) , they received criticism from journalists and television pundits . To keep the competition running smoothly , the FA chose to draw one team from among those lower-division teams defeated in the second round to progress as `` lucky losers '' to the third . Darlington were the team drawn . The main competition started in November 1999 for clubs from the Football League and Premiership . For details on the preliminary and qualifying rounds of the FA Cup see FA Cup Archives . |
1993 European Cup (athletics) | The 1993 European Cup was the 14th edition of the European Cup of athletics . The Super League Finals were held in Rome , Italy . |
1905 Tempe Normal Owls football team | The 1905 Tempe Normal Owls football team was an American football team that represented Tempe Normal School ( later renamed Arizona State University ) as an independent during the 1905 college football season . In their seventh season under head coach Frederick M. Irish , the Owls compiled a 0 -- 3 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 28 to 8 . The team lost games to the Phoenix Indian School ( 8 -- 17 ) , Phoenix High School ( 0 -- 5 ) , and Tempe High School ( 0 -- 6 ) . |
1976 Winter Paralympics | The 1976 Winter Paralympic Games ( Swedish : Paralympiska vinterspelen 1976 ) were the first Winter Paralympics . They were held in Örnsköldsvik , Sweden , from 21 to 28 February 1976 . The disabilities included in this Paralympics were blindness and amputees . Sixteen countries took part with 53 athletes . There were competitions in Alpine and Nordic skiing for amputee and visually impaired athletes , and a demonstration event in ice sledge racing . Originally known as the 1st Winter Olympic Games for the Disabled . |
1989 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Doubles | Pam Shriver and Helena Suková were the defending champions but did not compete that year . Katrina Adams and Zina Garrison won in the final 6 -- 3 , 3 -- 6 , 7 -- 6 against Mary Joe Fernández and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch . |
1506 in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation 's poetry or literature ( for instance , Irish or France ) . |
1995 Meath Intermediate Football Championship | The 1995 Meath Intermediate Football Championship is the 69th edition of the Meath GAA 's premier club Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded teams in County Meath , Ireland . The tournament consists of 17 teams . The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage . This was St. Brigid 's Ballinacree 's debut in the middle grade as they were promoted from the J.F.C. after claiming the 1994 Meath Junior Football Championship title . On 24 September 1995 , Simonstown Gaels claimed their 1st Intermediate championship title when they defeated Castletown 0-16 to 2-9 in the final at Pairc Tailteann . |
1942 Peru earthquake | The 1942 Peru earthquake occurred on August 24 at and was located near the border of the departments of Ica and Arequipa , Peru . It had a magnitude of Mw 8.2 or Ms 8.4 . |
12 Golden Ducks | 12 Golden Ducks is a 2015 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Matt Chow and starring Sandra Ng . It 's scheduled for release on 19 February 2015 . Like the previous 3 prostitution-themed comedy films starring Ng , i.e. Golden Chicken ( 2002 ) , Golden Chicken 2 ( 2003 ) and Golden Chicken 3 ( 2014 ) , it was released on Chinese New Year . |
1964 in Cape Verde | The following lists events that happened during 1964 in Cape Verde . |
1881 in Australia | |
1999 Arena Football League season | The 1999 Arena Football League season was the 13th season of the Arena Football League . It was succeeded by 2000 . The league champions were the Albany Firebirds , who defeated the Orlando Predators in ArenaBowl XIII . |
1992 Santa Clara Broncos football team | The 1992 Santa Clara Broncos football team represented Santa Clara University during the 1992 NCAA Division II football season . Santa Clara competed in the last year of the Western Football Conference ( WFC ) . The WFC folded in part because of a new NCAA rule that prohibited member institutions who competed at the Division I ( D-I ) level in other sports to compete at the Division II ( D-II ) level in football . Rather than move to Division I for football , Santa Clara decided to drop the football program entirely after the 1992 season . The 1992 Broncos were led by eighth-year head coach Terry Malley . They played home games at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara , California . Santa Clara finished the season with a record of four wins and six losses ( 4 -- 6 , 1 -- 3 WFC ) . The Broncos were outscored by their opponents 245 -- 334 for the season . In eight years at the helm , Terry Malley compiled a 47 -- 39 -- 1 record , with a winning percentage of .546 . |
1966 in British music | This is a summary of 1966 in music in the United Kingdom . |
1991 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | The 26th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Indianapolis , United States , in the Hoosier Dome from September 6 to 15 , 1991 . This was the last championships at which the Soviet Union competed . |
1926 in Sweden | Events from the year 1926 in Sweden |
1961 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles | Reigning champion Maria Bueno ( BRA ) did not defend her title , as she was suffering from jaundice . Seventh-seeded Angela Mortimer ( GBR ) defeated sixth-seeded Christine Truman ( GBR ) 4 -- 6 , 6 -- 4 , 7 -- 5 in the final to win the Ladies ' Singles tennis title at the 1961 Wimbledon Championships . It was the last all-British final to date . The tournament was also notable on the first Grand Slam appearance of future World No. 1 Billie Jean Moffit ( later King ) . |
.africa | . Africa is the Internet generic Top-Level Domain ( gTLD ) for the African and Pan African communities and users wherever they may reside . The . africa gTLD serves as a regional domain for individuals and entities based in and out of Africa . |
146th Airlift Wing | The 146th Airlift Wing ( 146 AW ) is a unit of the California Air National Guard , stationed at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station , Oxnard , California . If activated to federal service , the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command . The 115th Airlift Squadron assigned to the Wings 146th Operations Group , is a descendant organization of the 115th Observation Squadron , established on 16 June 1924 . It is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II . It is the oldest unit in the California Air National Guard , having almost 90 years of service to the state and nation . |
1993 WTA Tour | The 1993 WTA Tour , also known by its sponsored name Kraft General Foods World Tour , was the elite tour for professional women 's tennis organised by the Women 's Tennis Association ( WTA ) . The WTA Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments , the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I , Tier II , Tier III and Tier IV events . ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour , although they award points for the WTA World Ranking . |
1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | The men 's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku , Finland , on 12 and 13 July 1997 . |
1996 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament | The 1996 Women 's Volleyball Olympic Qualifier was played by eight countries to determine the last three competing teams for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , Georgia . The tournament was held in Tokyo , Japan from May 26 to June 2 , 1996 . The top-three teams advance to the Olympic Games with one berth guaranteed for an Asian country . |
1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles | The men 's 400 metres hurdles at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest , Hungary , at Népstadion on 31 August , 1 and 2 September 1966 . |
1955 in India | Events in the year 1955 in the Republic of India . |
12th Marine Regiment (United States) | The 12th Marine Regiment '' ' is an artillery regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Camp Smedley Butler , Okinawa , Japan . Nicknamed `` Thunder and Steel , '' the regiment falls under the command of the 3rd Marine Division . |
1988 in the Soviet Union | |
1965 Gator Bowl | The 1965 Gator Bowl may refer to : 1965 Gator Bowl ( January ) , January 2 , 1965 , game between the Florida State Seminoles and the Oklahoma Sooners 1965 Gator Bowl ( December ) , December 31 , 1965 , game between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Texas Tech Red Raiders |
10's Collection March | is the eighth single by Japanese band Antic Cafe . The initial track is featured on the Magnya Carta album . The song peaked at No. 42 on the Japanese singles chart . |
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